Iwan Rees
@offsidemccaw.bsky.social
Christian, Boardgamer, Scientist, FPL, Gaffr. π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
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October 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Protestors in the United States of America really need to start including the full-stops/periods in "U.S." on their signs: with signs saying stuff like "HANDS OFF US BENEFITS" it's not immediately obvious whether they're based in the U.S.A. or Weatherfield.
October 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Protestors in the United States of America really need to start including the full-stops/periods in "U.S." on their signs: with signs saying stuff like "HANDS OFF US BENEFITS" it's not immediately obvious whether they're based in the U.S.A. or Weatherfield.
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You donβt have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.
October 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
You donβt have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.
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What a great evening watching @forwalesseewales.bsky.social live record in #Wrexham
If you live in #Cymru ( #Wales) then you need to watch/listen to this great podcast that gives an accessible look at Welsh politics
Highly recommend this & @willhaycardiff.bsky.social newsletter
If you live in #Cymru ( #Wales) then you need to watch/listen to this great podcast that gives an accessible look at Welsh politics
Highly recommend this & @willhaycardiff.bsky.social newsletter
September 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What a great evening watching @forwalesseewales.bsky.social live record in #Wrexham
If you live in #Cymru ( #Wales) then you need to watch/listen to this great podcast that gives an accessible look at Welsh politics
Highly recommend this & @willhaycardiff.bsky.social newsletter
If you live in #Cymru ( #Wales) then you need to watch/listen to this great podcast that gives an accessible look at Welsh politics
Highly recommend this & @willhaycardiff.bsky.social newsletter
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Need a book? Bookseller Crow excellent indie bookshop proprietor Jonathan is gravely ill and they need all the business they can get. booksellercrow.co.uk
Theyβre on bookshop.org too.
Theyβre on bookshop.org too.
The Bookseller Crow
Come and see us in Crystal Palace for a well established independent bookshop with a great atmosphere and the widest range of titles south of the river. Popular book club and author events, with t-shi...
booksellercrow.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Need a book? Bookseller Crow excellent indie bookshop proprietor Jonathan is gravely ill and they need all the business they can get. booksellercrow.co.uk
Theyβre on bookshop.org too.
Theyβre on bookshop.org too.
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There's just two hours to go until the start of Velogames Spain 2025! So now is the time to finalise your team of nine riders ahead of this third Velogames Fantasy Cycling Grand Tour of the season. Entries will close at 13:00 CEST (12:00 BST; 07:00 EDT) today. Good luck to all directors taing part!
August 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
There's just two hours to go until the start of Velogames Spain 2025! So now is the time to finalise your team of nine riders ahead of this third Velogames Fantasy Cycling Grand Tour of the season. Entries will close at 13:00 CEST (12:00 BST; 07:00 EDT) today. Good luck to all directors taing part!
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Iβve checked with the R&A Rules of Golf, and the accidental killing of a mourner in any burial ground adjacent to the course is a two-stroke penalty (or forfeit the hole if matchplay).
August 20, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Iβve checked with the R&A Rules of Golf, and the accidental killing of a mourner in any burial ground adjacent to the course is a two-stroke penalty (or forfeit the hole if matchplay).
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Israeli protesters holding pictures of starving Palestinian children and calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza clashed with police on Thursday in Tel Aviv.
August 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Israeli protesters holding pictures of starving Palestinian children and calling for an end to the genocide in Gaza clashed with police on Thursday in Tel Aviv.
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If there's one thing you watch today, make it this
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 1/3
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 1/3
July 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If there's one thing you watch today, make it this
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 1/3
Bob Geldof criticises Israel for what they're doing in Gaza
Then criticises Trevor Philips for making excuses for what Israel is doing in Gaza
Part 1/3
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the one time I make conclave and they put me in the group of death
May 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
the one time I make conclave and they put me in the group of death
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Trent Alexander-Arnold has been dribbled past more times (55) than any other defender in Europe's top 5 leagues this season. π£
Trent will leave Liverpool when his contract expires, reports
David Ornstein. ποΈ
Trent will leave Liverpool when his contract expires, reports
David Ornstein. ποΈ
May 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Trent Alexander-Arnold has been dribbled past more times (55) than any other defender in Europe's top 5 leagues this season. π£
Trent will leave Liverpool when his contract expires, reports
David Ornstein. ποΈ
Trent will leave Liverpool when his contract expires, reports
David Ornstein. ποΈ
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The first one I tried was 21.
The second was 15.
Then 14.
This is fun.
The second was 15.
Then 14.
This is fun.
if you click the first hyperlinked word on any wikipedia article, and then click the first hyperlinked word on the next one, and so on, within 10-15 clicks you will get to the wikipedia article for philosophy. and i think that's beautiful
May 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The first one I tried was 21.
The second was 15.
Then 14.
This is fun.
The second was 15.
Then 14.
This is fun.
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media hereβbut we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
βWith love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media hereβbut we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
βWith love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media hereβbut we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
βWith love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media hereβbut we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
βWith love,
Your American allies.
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In the Hmong Daw dialect, the word for a nightmare, siab tsis ncaj, translates literally to βdreaming with screamingβ
April 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
In the Hmong Daw dialect, the word for a nightmare, siab tsis ncaj, translates literally to βdreaming with screamingβ
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A leading campaigner against miscarriages of justice has described as βabsolutely disgracefulβ the fact that a man from Cardiff has been in jail for 20 years for stealing a mobile phone βοΈMartin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-VUF
'Disgrace' of Cardiff man trapped in prison for 20 years for stealing a mobile phone
Martin Shipton A leading campaigner against miscarriages of justice has described as βabsolutely disgracefulβ the fact that a man from Cardiff has been in jail for 20 years for stealing a mobile phone...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
A leading campaigner against miscarriages of justice has described as βabsolutely disgracefulβ the fact that a man from Cardiff has been in jail for 20 years for stealing a mobile phone βοΈMartin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-VUF
And that isn't England
February 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
And that isn't England
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Trump 2.0 is exposing American exceptionalism for what it is β and has always been | Nesrine Malik
Trump 2.0 is exposing American exceptionalism for what it is β and has always been | Nesrine Malik
GuantΓ‘namo Bay? Imperialism? Alliances with billionaires? Those shocked at the presidentβs early moves have forgotten what came before
The dust briefly settled, only for it to be kicked up once again. Donald Trumpβs flurry of executive orders β causingβ¦
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Trump 2.0 is exposing American exceptionalism for what it is β and has always been | Nesrine Malik
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Chris Wood has now scored the same number of Premier League hat-tricks as Cristiano Ronaldo (three).
February 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Chris Wood has now scored the same number of Premier League hat-tricks as Cristiano Ronaldo (three).
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For more than ten years Iβve kept loose batteries in a metal tin, and yesterday evening I opened it and two of them were red hot, and I thought oh dear, thatβs not good, and I looked up whether you should keep batteries in a metal tin, and letβs say Iβm glad that Iβm not long dead in a house fire.
January 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
For more than ten years Iβve kept loose batteries in a metal tin, and yesterday evening I opened it and two of them were red hot, and I thought oh dear, thatβs not good, and I looked up whether you should keep batteries in a metal tin, and letβs say Iβm glad that Iβm not long dead in a house fire.
I thought that as well...can't see it happening unfortunately. You deserve the win for captaining Wood- I thought about it and chickened out π
January 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I thought that as well...can't see it happening unfortunately. You deserve the win for captaining Wood- I thought about it and chickened out π